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NOTE: These steps should only be taken AFTER the full normal installation has beencompleted successfully.

This document offers some practical advice on increasing the security of your UBB.threads™ data.Some of theseinstructions apply only to advanced users; if you do not understand how to performthose tasks, you may wish to seek help from an experienced sysadmin.

1.

Protect the database name/password

If you are running the PHP version of the UBB.threads™ software,move your config.inc.php file toa password-protected directory or above the web root.

If you are on a Linux server, with .htaccess capabilities, you have the option of password protectingfiles as well as directories, and you can use the *.pm tag to protect all of your .pm files, and similar onyour .php files. They will still be available to your system (nobody) user, but they won't be accessiblevia the web unless

you know the username and password.

2.

Make sure the mysql grant tables have been set up. Make sure the root user actually has a password.

The following articles/resources may be of additional assistance:

I N F O P O P

U B B ™ D O C U M E N T A T I O N

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http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/MySQL

http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/MySQL/Access/page1.html

http://www.mysql.com/doc/

http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Privilege_system.html

3.

Make sure your ubbthreads is not connecting to the database as the root user.

4.

Make sure the ubbthreads user has a password.

5.

Delete install.php and altertable scripts from server after performing an installation or upgrade.

6.

If you are allowing file uploads, do not allow .php, .cgi, or .pl files to be uploaded. This would allowsomeone to upload any type of script, like a database manager.

7.

Allowing HTML on boards that are open to the public is a security risk as well. This could allow users toinsert javascript that can be used to capture username/password pairs. It is best to allow only markup,unless your board is used by a private or trusted group.